Grade 12: Protection Of Privacy When Using ICTs

Your Focus Question be closely matched to the topic; remember the topic is “Protection Of Privacy When Using ICTs”. The Learner Guide specifies “The term ‘privacy’ in these PAT Guidelines refers to the privacy of personal information throughout.“

The Learner Guide specifies a set of aspects that could form the focus of the investigation:

• Online transactions and financial privacy
• Social media and youth privacy
• POPI Act
• Targeted marketing or advertising invading the privacy of people
• Management of big data in respect of privacy
• Internet of Things security and privacy
• Privacy and the use of smartphones
• Location information being shared could invade your privacy

For example:
How can …?

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